Stop hating person trying to fix things

O.K., O.K., I get it. You hate Obama. You have hated him even before he was elected president, lo those many moons ago.

He is a socialist/Muslim. He was secretly born in Kenya after his mother traveled there from Hawaii.

And you really, truly, deeply hate Obamacare. It is awful - we know this even before it has been fully put in place and running. It is even more socialized than Medicare for heaven's sake.

Nevermind that Obamacare is modeled very closely after Romneycare - of - you know - that socialist Mitt Romney, the guy you nominated for president and who you voted for 2012. (Psst, don't tell a soul, but Romneycare is working pretty well in Massachussets. By the way, don't mention this to Rep. Amash.)

I know that Obamacare is the worst thing since, since the Medicare Part D expansion or since Medicare itself! Medicare is socialized medicine, isn't it? Just checking. And I know that the individual mandate idea was proposed by the conservative Heritage Foundation back in 1989 by one Stuart Butler.

But I really write this letter to inform you about how expensive medical care is in this country and of a little video that explains this phenomenon. The little video is titled, "Why Are American Health Care Costs So High?" and is on YouTube. The video has almost 4 million views. Yes, another viral video.

In a nutshell, our medical costs are so high because everything medical, and I mean everything, is more expensive in the U.S. Surgeries, medications, medical tests, medical devices, hospital stays etc. And for all this expensive medicine, we are no healthier than other Western countries with "socialized" healthcare. Add to that the large cost of our health insurance bureaucracy and you've got trouble in River City.

R. E. Heubel

Battle Creek

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Stop hating person trying to fix things

O.K., O.K., I get it. You hate Obama. You have hated him even before he was elected president, lo those many moons ago.